2007 Corporate News Archive

December 2007
December 28, 2007 Dow's Fourth Quarter Earnings Webcast Set for January 29, 2008
December 20, 2007 Dow Releases Solutions-Based Approach to Global Energy and Climate Change Challenges
December 14, 2007 Dow Alumni Invited to Join My Dow Network
December 13, 2007 Dow Webcast - Dow PIC Joint Venture
December 13, 2007 Dow Signs MOU for Gasification Facility
December 13, 2007 The Dow Chemical Company and Petrochemical Industries Company of Kuwait Announce Global Petrochemicals Joint Venture
December 10, 2007 Dow Declares Quarterly Dividend of 42 Cents per Share
December 10, 2007 The Dow Chemical Company Foundation pledges USD 2 million to Young Arab Leaders
December 05, 2007 Dow Position with Respect to EU Decision on Chloroprene Rubber Cartel Investigation Pertaining to DuPont, Dow and DuPont Dow Elastomers
December 04, 2007 Dow Announces Further Moves to Bolster Competitiveness
November 2007
November 28, 2007 Dow To Expand Its Manufacturing and R&D Facility In Correggio, Italy
November 27, 2007 Gazprom Group and Dow Sign a Memorandum of Intent in the Sphere of Gas Processing
November 05, 2007 Dow Webcast - 2007 Citi Basic Materials Symposium
November 01, 2007 UC Berkeley Establishing Sustainable Products and Solutions Program Based on Dow Gift
October 2007
October 25, 2007 Dow Reports Third Quarter Results
Solid Increases in Price and Volume Drive Record Quarterly Sales with Healthy Earnings
October 16, 2007 SEPA-Dow Cleaner Production National Pilot Project Achieves Enhanced Results in its Second Year
October 15, 2007 Dow Building Solutions Reaffirms Commitment to Community and Sustainability
October 10, 2007 Emergency Responders in Texas and Louisiana To Receive Emergency Preparedness Training From Chemical and Rail Safety Experts
October 02, 2007 Dow & WHI to Provide Water Systems for 11 Million People in India
September 2007
September 28, 2007 Dow Releases White Paper on Joint Ventures
September 25, 2007 Dow Agrees to Sell ETHAFOAM™ Business to Sealed Air
September 25, 2007 Dow's Third Quarter Earnings Webcast Set for October 25, 2007
September 14, 2007 Dow and Monsanto to Develop Eight-Way Gene Stack for Corn
September 13, 2007 Dow Declares Quarterly Dividend of 42 Cents per Share
September 13, 2007 Dow-SAWS Project on the Safe Management of Hazardous Chemicals Achieves Significant Progress for Participating SMEs
August 2007
August 30, 2007 Dow AgroSciences Acquires Netherlands Based Duo Maize
August 28, 2007 Dow AgroSciences Unveils Breakthrough in Multiple Herbicide Tolerance Traits
August 27, 2007 California Emergency Responders Receive Rail Safety Training from Chemical and Rail Industry Experts
August 24, 2007 Dow Webcast - Credit Suisse 16th Annual Chemical Conference
August 21, 2007 Dennis H. Reilley Elected to Dow Board of Directors
August 01, 2007 Dow AgroSciences Acquires Corn Seed Business of Brazil-Based Agromen Tecnologia
July 2007
July 30, 2007 Dow and Solvay Form Joint Venture to Build Hydrogen Peroxide Plant in Thailand; Dow and BASF Continue to Pursue Plans for Thailand HPPO Plant
July 26, 2007 Dow Reports Second Quarter Results
Company Delivers Record Quarterly Sales
And Overcomes Unprecedented Surge in Feedstock and Energy Costs
July 17, 2007 Dow Looks to Future with New U.S. Retirement Program
July 12, 2007 Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Select KBR as Project Management Contractor for the Proposed Ras Tanura Integrated Project
July 02, 2007 Dow Unveils Dow Wolff Cellulosics, a $1 Billion Specialty Business
July 02, 2007 Dow Acquires Wolff Walsrode from Bayer
June 2007
June 26, 2007 Dow's Second Quarter Earnings Webcast Set for July 26, 2007
June 22, 2007 Dow Foundation donates $50,000 to Cardiac Care Center at Brazosport Regional Health System
June 13, 2007 The Dow Chemical Company and Micronutrient Initiative Work to Stop Anemia in Sri Lanka
June 06, 2007 CKE Restaurants Have an Appetite for Omega-9 Canola Oil
June 01, 2007 Inaugural Blue Planet Run® Launches in New York
May 2007
May 16, 2007 Dow Webcast - JP Morgan Basics & Industrials Conference
May 14, 2007 Shenhua Group and The Dow Chemical Company Sign Co-operation Agreement on Coal-To-Chemicals Project
May 12, 2007 Saudi Aramco and Dow Announce the Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding to Develop One of the Largest Grassroots Plastics and Chemicals Production Complexes in the World
May 11, 2007 Dow, Berkeley National Labs and China's Energy Research Institute Partner to Improve Energy Efficiency in China
May 11, 2007 Dow Wins 2006 ACC Responsible Care Energy Efficiency Award
May 10, 2007 Dow Declares Quarterly Dividend of 42 Cents per Share
May 10, 2007 Dow Directors and Officers Elected
May 09, 2007 Dow Presentation - UBS Global Basic Materials Conference
May 07, 2007 Dow Webcast -- Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference
May 07, 2007 Dow Webcast -- Merrill Lynch Agricultural Chemicals Conference
May 03, 2007 Dow Webcast -- Annual Stockholders Meeting
May 02, 2007 Dow Polyurethanes Completes Acquisition of Hyperlast Systems Business
April 2007
April 30, 2007 Dow Presentation - Bear Stearns 16th Annual Global Credit Conference
April 26, 2007 Dow Increases Quarterly Dividend by 12 Percent
April 26, 2007 Dow Reports First Quarter Results
Record First Quarter Sales and Solid Earnings
Underscore Strength of Company’s Integrated and Diverse Portfolio
April 25, 2007 Dow Webcast - Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference
April 19, 2007 Supplemental to Notice of the Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement
April 19, 2007 Dow expands operations in Egypt to meet growing customer demand
April 18, 2007 Libya’s National Oil Corporation and The Dow Chemical Company Announce Joint Venture Plans To Expand Petrochemical Complex in Libya
April 18, 2007 International Team of Twenty Athletes Selected to Participate in the 2007 Blue Planet Run®, A First-Ever Around-the-World Relay
April 17, 2007 Dow Joins United States Climate Action Partnership
April 16, 2007 The Dow Chemical Company Announces Revised Nominations for Annual Meeting
April 12, 2007 The Dow Chemical Company Announces Executive Terminations
April 10, 2007 Dow and Chevron Phillips Chemical Announce Plans to Form Styrenics Joint Venture in the Americas
April 09, 2007 Dow Board Voices Support for Company Strategy
April 02, 2007 ANGUS Chemical Company Announces Site Leadership Changes At Its Sterlington, LA Manufacturing Plant
April 02, 2007 Dow Webcast - Jefferies 3rd Global Clean Technology Conference
March 2007
March 27, 2007 Dow Joins EPCglobal’s Board Of Governors to Help Advance RFID Standards
March 26, 2007 Dow's First Quarter Earnings Webcast Set for April 26, 2007
March 23, 2007 Dow Publishes Proxy Statement
March 23, 2007 Dow Publishes Its 2006 Report To Stockholders
March 20, 2007 Dow Announces Sponsorship of Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels
March 19, 2007 Dow Announces Major New Sponsored Research Program for Methane Conversion
March 13, 2007 Dow Unveils New Senior Leadership Structure
March 09, 2007 Dow Solar Initiative Receives Major U.S. DOE Solar Energy Funding
March 07, 2007 Union Pacific Railroad and Dow Chemical Company Announce Goals to Improve Rail Safety and Security
February 2007
February 21, 2007 Dow Webcast - BB&T Manufacturing & Materials Conference
February 20, 2007 Charles Kresge Elected into National Academy of Engineering
February 19, 2007 Dow’s Chief Security Officer Named One of Security Magazine’s 25 Most Influential Executives
February 15, 2007 Dow Declares Quarterly Dividend of 37.5 Cents per Share
February 13, 2007 Dow Chemical Settles with Securities and Exchange Commission over Indian Joint Venture
February 12, 2007 Dow CEO Named Chairman of the Board for the American Chemistry Council
January 2007
January 25, 2007 The Dow Chemical Company’s Julie Fasone Holder Recognized as NAFE’s Woman of Achievement
January 25, 2007 Dow Reports Fourth Quarter Results
Record Fourth Quarter Sales and Strong Earnings
Second Highest Annual Earnings in Company’s History
January 22, 2007 Dow Webcast - Morgan Stanley Basic Materials Conference
January 18, 2007 Direct Registration System (DRS) Allows You To Own and Track Stock Electronically
January 17, 2007 Dow Intranet Named as One of the “Year's Ten Best Intranets” by Nielsen Norman Group
January 16, 2007 Dow Starts Up First Production Plant in Russia
January 16, 2007 Dow, Union Pacific and Union Tank Car Collaborate with Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration on Safe and Secure Transportation of Chemicals
January 12, 2007 Dow Webcast - Goldman Sachs Eleventh Annual Agricultural Biotech Forum